Language
name and locationː
Semelai,
Malaya Peninsula [Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. muy |
21. duwaʔ puluh satuʔ |
2. duwaʔ (< Malay) |
22. duwaʔ puluh dwaʔ |
3. hmpɛʔ |
23. duwaʔ puluh tigaʔ |
4. hmpon |
24. duwaʔ puluh ʔmpat |
5. məsɔŋ |
25. duwaʔ puluh limaʔ |
6. ʔnam / pruʔ ( Williams-Hunt, 1952) |
26. duwaʔ puluh ʔnam |
7. tud͡ʒuh / tmpɔh (WH, 1952) |
27. duwaʔ puluh tud͡ʒuh |
8. lapan / kitwit (WH, 1952) |
28. duwaʔ puluh lapan |
9. smilan /kantim (WH, 1952) |
29. duwaʔ puluh smilan |
10. səpuluh /kumai (WH, 1952) |
30. tigaʔ puluh |
11. səblas |
40. ʔmpat puluh |
12. dwa? blas |
50. limaʔ puluh |
13. tigaʔ blas |
60. ʔnam puluh |
14. ʔmpat blas |
70. tud͡ʒuh puluh |
15. limaʔ blas |
80. lapan puluh |
16. ʔnam blas |
90. smilan puluh |
17. tud͡ʒuh blas |
100. mə ratus |
18. lapan blas |
200. duwaʔ ratus |
19. smilan blas |
1000. mə ribuʔ |
20. duwaʔ puluh |
2000. duwaʔ ribuʔ |
Linguist
providing data and dateː
Dr. Nicole Kruspe,
Department of Linguistics,
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Other comments: Semelai is spoken by approximately 4,000 speakers in Pahang, Negeri Sembilan and Johor states, Malaysia. Semelai still has Mon-Khmer numbers one, three to five, there is no record of an indigenous numeral 'two', even from earliest published sources. Although William-Hunt recorded numerals above 7, but Nicole never managed to collect these numerals during her field trip, so these forms may have come from a counting rhyme. Nowadays, the Semelai use Malay numerals after five, no mixing of indigenous and borrowed terms is permitted. |
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